Full Disclosure: Re: FYI: Apache httpd NoFollowSymLink follows symlinks feature

[halfdog <me () halfdog net>]

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Christian Sciberras wrote:
> I think you meant "apache follows symlinks even when -FollowSymLinks 
> is *not* set". Otherwise it doesn't seem to make sense?
No. Unless I made a mistake while testing AND misunderstood the
documentation, even with -FollowSymLinks set, apache will follow
symlinks (see POC). You might want to read the last line in section
"FollowSymlink" in

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options

I, for myself, made the same assumption about -FollowSymLink, but the
specification states, that the symlink-check is not race-free.

> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 5:14 PM, halfdog <me () halfdog net 
> <mailto:me () halfdog net>> wrote:
>
> For those, who did not already know:
>
> Due to specification, apache follows symlinks even when 
> -FollowSymLinks is set, when the data is modified concurrently. This 
> can be trivially shown as demonstrated in 
> http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2011/ApacheNoFollowSymlinkTimerace/ .
> When performing host hardening, do not think, the -FollowSymLinks 
> option alone will prevent you from symlink attacks.
>
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